610 



MEXICO. 



137 were in Great Britain, and 7,172 at the 

 foreign stations. The number in Great Britain 

 had diminished 477, and the number at the for- 

 eign stations had increased 72, during the year. 

 The number of persons on trial was 6,350, and 

 the number of ministers 429. 



The following is a summary of the statistics 

 of the Methodist New Connection, as they were 

 presented to the Conference in June, 1879: 

 Number of chapels, 478 ; of societies, 451 ; of 

 circuit preachers, 180; of local preachers, 1,- 

 138; of members, 26,688; of probationers, 

 4,131; of Sunday-schools, 449, with 10,961 

 teachers and 77,250 scholars. 



The statistics of the Bible Christians, as re- 

 ported to the Conference in July, 1879, were: 

 Number of itinerant preachers, 276 ; of local 

 preachers, 1,874; of chapels, 938; of preach- 

 ing-places, 182; of full members, 30,165; on 

 trial, 904; of teachers, 9,758; of scholars, 50,- 

 690. The returns showed a decrease of 523 

 full members, 440 on trial, and 215 teachers, 

 which had taken place chiefly in the Cornwall 

 districts. 



The Wesleyan Reform Union reported in 

 August, 1879, as follows : Number of chapels 

 and preaching- places, 227; of preachers, 532, 

 with 79 preachers on trial, 17 " ministers," and 

 434 leaders ; of members, 7,240 ; of Sunday- 

 schools, 180, with 2,896 teachers and 18,521 

 scholars; of day-schools, 2, with 486 scholars. 

 The statistical returns showed that a decrease 

 of 50 members had occurred during the year. 



The annual meeting of the Free Gospel or In- 

 dependent Methodist Churches was held at Ash- 

 ton-under-Lyne, June 23d and 24th. Mr. W. 

 Oxley of Manchester was elected President. 

 An increase of 385 members had taken place. 



MEXICO (ESTADOS UNIDOS DB Mfexico). 

 The territorial division, area, and population * 

 of the republic are stated in detail in the " An- 

 nual Cyclopaedia" for 1874 and 1875 ; and ref- 

 erence may be made to the article GUATEMALA, 

 in the present volume, for measures recently 

 proposed or adopted for the settlement of the 

 boundary question with that country. 



The President of the Eepublic is General 

 Porfirio Diaz, inaugurated in November, 1876 ; 

 and the Cabinet Ministers are as follows, in 

 order of precedence : Foreign Affairs, M. Rue- 

 las; Interior (Gobernaciori), Felipe Berrioza- 

 bal ; Finance, Manuel Toro ; Justice, Ignacio 

 Mariscal; Public Works (vacant); War, Gen- 

 eral Carlos Pacheco. 



The President of the Supreme Court of Jus- 

 tice (and hence, by the terms of the Constitu- 

 tion, Vice-President of the Eepublic) is Licen- 

 tiate Luis M. Vallarta ; and the magistrates are 

 Pedro Ogazon, J. de Mata Vasquez, M. Alas, 

 A. Martinez de Castro, M. Blanco, Ignacio Al- 

 tamirano, E. Monies, S. Guzman, J. M. Bau- 

 tista, M. Saldafia, E. Avila ; with J. E. Muftoz, 

 Attorney-General, and D. de la Garza y Gar- 

 za, Procurator-General. 



* In a report published during the year by the Minister of 

 the Interior, the population is given at 9,686,777. 



The Governors of the several States are: 

 Aguas Calieutes, F. G. Horned o; Campeachy, 

 M. Castillo , Chiapas, S. Escdbar ; Chihuahua, 

 A. Frias; Coahuila, H. Charles; Colima, D, 

 Lope ; Durango, J. M. Flores ; Guanajuato, F. 

 Mena; Guerrero, M. Cu611ar; Hidalgo, N. Cra- 

 vioto ; Jalisco, F. Eiestra ; Mexico, Mira- 

 fuentes ; Michoacan, E. Fernandez ; Morelos, 



C. Pacheco; Nuevo Leon, ; Oajaca, F. 



Meigneiro ; Puebla, I. J. C. Bonilla ; QuerSta- 

 ro, A. Gayon ; San Luis Potosi, C. Diaz Gu- 

 tierrez ; Sinaloa, L. Cafiedo ; Sonora, L. Torres ; 

 Tabasco, S. Sarlat; Tamaulipas, J. G6jon; 

 Tlaxcala, Lira y Ortega ; Vera Cruz, 

 Mier y Teran ; Yucatan, M. E. Ancona ; Zaca- 

 tecas, T. G. de la Cadena; Lower California 

 (Territory), A. L. Tapia. 



The Mexican Minister to the United States 

 is M. de Zamacona ; and the Mexican Consul- 

 General in New York is Dr. Juan N. Navarro. 

 The United States Minister to Mexico is P. H. 

 Morgan, appointed toward the end of the year, 

 vice John W. Foster, transferred to St. Peters- 

 burg ; and the United States Consul-General at 

 the capital is Mr. Lennox. 



The army is composed approximately as fol- 

 lows: 20 battalions of foot, 14,640 men and 

 765 officers ; 10 corps of horse, 4,840 men and 

 290 officers ; 4 brigades (of 4 batteries each) of 

 artillery, 1,315 men and 148 officers; coast- 

 guards, 71 men and 22 officers; and Invalids, 

 265 men and 19 officers; total, 22,375.* In 

 March, 1879, were published the names of 17 

 generals of division, with a salary of $6,000 

 each, and 45 generals of brigade, with $4,800 

 each ; and the opposition press made political 

 capital of "such an excessive peace establish- 

 ment of the army," and of the fact that many 

 of these generals held civil offices. A report 

 was current that the army would be reduced so 

 as to save $4,000,000 annually. The ordinary 

 expenditures of the Department of War and Ma- 

 rine have for several years past averaged over 

 $8,000,000, with a navy comprising only four 

 gunboats. 



The Archbishop of Mexico is the Rt. Eev- 

 erend P. A. de Labastida (1863). The predomi- 

 nant faith is the Roman Catholic ; but there is 

 no recognized state religion in Mexico. The 

 Protestant denominations (Episcopalian and 

 Methodist) introduced into the republic some 

 years ago have made numerous proselytes, and 

 their services are attended by considerable 

 congregations. It is reported that the Roman 

 Catholic authorities have sanctioned the print- 

 ing and distribution of the New Testament in 

 Spanish ; and a Mexican correspondent regards 

 it as probable that the Bible without notes will 

 before long find its way into the hands of the 

 people. The translation already admitted con- 

 tains many chapters free of comment, and pre- 

 sents no essential departure from the version 

 commonly used by Protestants. The Mexican 



* The Government organ states that, according to the laws 

 of the country, foreigners serving the Government in any offi- 

 cial capacity become thereby Mexican citizens. 



